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Job cuts are now official at the Department of Health and Human Services
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After months of legal back and forth, HHS sent an email on Monday telling employees they were out
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a week after the Supreme Court cleared the way for layoffs. The notice obtained by CNN read, quote
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You are hereby notified that you are officially separated from HHS at the close of business on July 14, 2025
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This all started back in March when HHS announced a reorganization plan under President Trump's executive order to shrink the federal workforce
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The plan is meant to save nearly $2 billion a year by cutting about 10,000 jobs
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When you include early retirements and voluntary exits, HHS is shrinking from 82,000 employees down to 62,000
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On April 1st, about 10,000 employees got termination notices scheduled to leave by June 2nd
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second. Another 10,000 took incentive packages to leave voluntarily. But in May, a federal judge
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temporarily blocked the cuts until the Supreme Court overturned that decision earlier this month
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allowing the layoffs to move forward. Although one legal battle ended, more are still on the
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docket. Another injunction issued on July 1st temporarily protects some employees at HHS
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agencies, including the FDA and CDC. Plus, a class action lawsuit claims HHS use inaccurate data to
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decide who got laid off. By law, federal workers can sue if agencies base personnel actions on bad
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information. That's part of the Privacy Act of 1974, which gives employees the right to see and
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correct their records. Read the full story right now on the Straight Hour News mobile app or online
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at san.com. For Straight Hour News, I'm Kaylee Carey
